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GLM-5

GLM-5 is Zai’s new-generation flagship foundation model, designed for Agentic Engineering, capable of providing reliable productivity in complex system engineering and long-range Agent tasks. In terms of Coding and Agent capabilities, GLM-5 has achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in open source, with its usability in real programming scenarios approaching that of Claude Opus 4.5.

VisionReasoningTool callingCaching
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Specifications

Context window200K tokens
Max output128K tokens
API typechat
AddedFeb 11, 2026
Model IDzai/GLM-5
Data retentionNo
Used for trainingNo
Provider location🇸🇬 Singapore
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Benchmarks

Released 2026-02-11
Coding Indexcoding
44.2%

Artificial Analysis Coding Index — a composite of coding evaluations including LiveCodeBench, SciCode and Terminal-Bench.

GPQA Diamondreasoning
82.0%

Graduate-level physics, chemistry & biology questions designed to resist Googling.

Intelligence Indexreasoning
49.8%

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index — a composite of multiple evaluations measuring overall model capability.

Scores are sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and do not capture every aspect of model quality — always test on your own workload.

Pricing

Input / 1M
$1.00
Output / 1M
$3.20
Cache write
—
Cache read / 1M
$0.20
Estimated cost
100K input + 10K output$0.13
1M input + 100K output$1.32
10M input + 1M output$13.20

Requesty charges exactly what the upstream provider charges — no markup, no per-request fees. Prompt caching and smart routing can reduce effective cost by 30-80%.

Quickstart

Drop-in compatible with the OpenAI SDK. Change the base URL, swap in your Requesty API key, and set the model to zai/GLM-5.

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from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_REQUESTY_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://router.requesty.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="zai/GLM-5",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in one paragraph."},
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Other Z AI models

GLM-5.1
200K ctx$1.40/1M
Coding 43
GLM-4.7
200K ctx$0.60/1M
Coding 36
GLM-4.5
131K ctx$0.60/1M
GLM-4.6
200K ctx$0.60/1M
Coding 30

Frequently asked questions

How much does GLM-5 cost?
GLM-5 is priced at $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens when accessed via Requesty. Prompt caching is supported, which can cut effective input cost by up to 90% on repeated context. Requesty charges exactly what the upstream provider charges — we don't add markup.
What is the context window of GLM-5?
GLM-5 has a context window of 200K tokens, with a maximum output of 128K tokens per response. That's roughly 267 words of input you can fit in a single prompt.
How does GLM-5 perform on benchmarks?
GLM-5 scores 98.2% on τ²-Bench, 82.0% on GPQA Diamond, 49.8% on Intelligence Index. See the full benchmark chart above for results across MMLU Pro, GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, HumanEval, MATH, AIME, MMMU, and LiveBench.
What can GLM-5 do?
GLM-5 supports vision input, tool calling, extended reasoning, prompt caching. You can call it through any OpenAI-compatible client by pointing base_url to Requesty.
How do I use GLM-5 with the OpenAI SDK?
Install the OpenAI SDK, set base_url to "https://router.requesty.ai/v1", set your API key to your Requesty key, and set the model to "zai/GLM-5". The Quickstart above shows Python, JavaScript and cURL snippets.

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